Public Transportation: Volume 4, Paratransit, Accessibility, Mobility, and the Sharing Economy

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2542 consists of 14 papers that explore public transportation, including:

• Transportation Issues of Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Findings from Focus Group Discussions
• Travel Patterns, Needs, and Barriers of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Report from a Survey
• Shaping the New Future of Paratransit: An Agenda for Research and Practice
• Automated Sidewalk Assessment Method for Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Using Three-Dimensional Mobile Lidar
• Prediction of Benefits of Special Taxi-Pooling Design for Large Transport Terminals: Case Study of Beijing West Railway Station
• Spatiotemporal Pattern Analysis of Taxi Trips in New York City
• Trying Out Mobility as a Service: Experiences from a Field Trial and Implications for Understanding Demand
• Development of an Employer-Based Transportation Demand Management Strategy Evaluation Tool with an Advanced Discrete Choice Model in Its Core
• Designing an Automated Demand-Responsive Transport System: Fleet Size and Performance Analysis for a Campus–Train Station Service
• Understanding Carsharing Risk and Insurance Claims in the United States
• Negotiation and Coordination in Carpooling: Agent-Based Simulation Model
• Car2work: Shared Mobility Concept to Connect Commuters with Workplaces
• Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Sizes Required to Serve Different Levels of Demand
• Dynamic Ridesharing: Exploration of Potential for Reduction in Vehicle Miles Traveled